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PollywoodJun 14, 2021

Who is carrying this ‘Ruffal’

Punjabi film writer-director Baljeet Noor shared the first look poster of his upcoming Punjabi film, Ruffal. The film stars Dheeraj Kumar, Pali Sandhu, Asish Duggal, Hobby Dhaliwal, Neetu Pandher, Savinder vicky, Jeet Bhangu, Jaggi Bhangu, Sanjeev Kaler, Mahavir Bhullar, Sunita Dhir, Gurpreet Toti, Paramvir Singh and Malkit Malanga. The movie will be produced by Kuldeep Dhaliwal USA and Kulwinder Gill. The release date of the film hasn’t been finalised yet! Actor Dheeraj took to his Instagram account to share the update, “jadon jamme san, gudti ch vair miley ne’’.
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PollywoodJun 13, 2021

Shehnaaz Gill welcomes Mumbai rains

Singer and reality star Shehnaaz Gill recently posted stunning pictures of herself enjoying the Mumbai rains. The Bigg Boss 13 contestant paired her tube top with denims. Sharing the photos, she captioned it, “#mumbairains," along with an umbrella emoji. This invited an interesting response from Twitterati, where one person wrote: 'Pari pari hai ik pari asman se aa giri mujhe usse pyaar hogya haaaaye', another wrote: "Mashaaalllaaaaahh", one user said: "beautiful", another commented: "Your looks making us go gaga", one more wrote: "Kisi ki nazar na lge".
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PollywoodJun 13, 2021

Milkha Singh's wife Nirmal Kaur dies of COVID-19

Track legend Milkha Singh's wife, Nirmal Kaur, on Sunday passed away at the age of 85. She had tested positive for COVID-19 in May this year. "We are deeply saddened to inform you that Nirmal Milkha Singh passed away after a valiant battle against Covid-19 at 4 PM today," read a family statement. Nirmal Kaur was a former Director of Sports for Women in the Punjab Government and was also a former captain of the Indian women's national volleyball team. Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, on Sunday, also condoled the demise of Nirmala Milkha Singh. In a condolence message, the Sports
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PollywoodJun 12, 2021

Ranjit Bawa and Aditi Sharma are the new ‘Parahuna 2’

Punjabi singer-actor Ranjit Bawa took to his social media handle to share the poster of his upcoming film Parahuna 2. The movie stars Ranjit Bawa and Angrej fame actress, Aditi Sharma. The movie is the sequel to the 2018 released 'Parahuna' which starred singer-actor Kulwinder Billa and Wamiqa Gabbi. This is the first time Ranjit Bawa and Aditi Sharma will be seen sharing the screen space. Along with these two actors, Parahuna 2 also stars Gurpreet Ghuggi, Malkeet Rauni, Prabh Grewal, and Amanat. The movie has been written by Dheeraj Kedarnath Rattan, and the dialogues are by Chanchal Dabra.
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PollywoodJun 10, 2021

Wamiqa Gabbi to star in web series

Punjabi actor Wamiqa Gabbi is all set to make her OTT debut on Hotstar's special program Grahan. The online series will premiere on June 24. Wamiqa took to her social media account to share the motion picture of Grahan. Grahan is a series produced by JAR Pictures, which features Pawan Raj Malhotra, Anshumaan Pushkar of Jamtara fame, Sahidur Rahaman, Purva Parag and more. The series is directed by Ranjan Chandel.
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PollywoodJun 09, 2021

Amyra Dastur stars in a Punjabi music video…

Bollywood actor Amyra Dastur features in Zee Music’s Punjabi song, Pind that released on June 8. Pind is a romantic number picturised on Amyra, who essays the character of a simple Punjabi girl. Amyra shared her excitement about the project, “At a time like this, people could use some positivity to refresh themselves and what’s better than music for the soul. Pind is a heart-touching project for me and a really exciting one as well because I get to go absolutely de-glam and portray a rural Punjabi girl, which I haven’t done before.”
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PollywoodJun 09, 2021

Sir, oh sir… We love you!

Popular lyricist, director, and music producer Bunty Bains took to social media to make a special announcement. Bunty will soon be launching the late Raj Brar’s son, Josh. “I have been seeing Josh since last 2 years working really hard each day getting ready for the next chapter of his life. And now along with him, am entirely confident to say this - Brings me immense pleasure to introduce @joshbrar to all of you. Stay Tuned to see how he is going to revolutionise Punjabi Music Industry just like how his respected father saab and one of my favourites Raj Brar sir did,” wrote Bunty. The
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PollywoodJun 08, 2021

Pakistani singer Farhad Humayun passes away

The untimely demise of Pakistani musician Farhad Humayun has shocked everyone. He was 42 when he breathed his last. The news of Farhad's demise was announced on the official Facebook page of his band Overload. "The magnificent Farhad Humayun left us for the stars this morning. Stoic in the face of challenges, uncompromising in his values, generous to a fault, witty as hell! Fadi was far too ahead of his time, both in spirit and art," the post read. After hearing about Farhad's demise, singer Atif Aslam took to Twitter to pay his condolences. Actor and singer Ali Zafar described Farhad as a fig
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PollywoodJun 08, 2021

Jazzy B's Twitter account blocked on India's request

Microblogging platform Twitter has ‘withheld’ the accounts of Punjabi singer Jazzy B, hip-hop artist L-Fresh the Lion and two others in response to a legal demand in India. According to information on Lumen database, Twitter received a legal request from the Indian government on June 6 for actioning four accounts, including that of JazzyB. Requests received by Twitter for withholding content are published on Lumen database - an independent research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Users checking Jazzy B's account are shown a message saying "account has

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